Universal radiator bracket



Nov. 4, 1930. s. c. APPEL UNIVERSAL RADIATOR BRACKET Filed NOV. 2'7, 1928 Patented Nov. 4, 1930 SAUL C. APPEL, 0F MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS UNIVERSAL RADIATOR BRACKET Application filed November 27,1928. Serial No. 322,219.

My present invention relates to supporting I devices, and: more particularly to an improved universal radiator bracket.

In the installation of heating apparatus employingradiators, it is frequently necessary and many times desirable to have the radiator supported on a vertical wall and entirelyf off the floor, and in order that this may be done, the radiator is ordinarily supported from the wall on a bracket. As radiators come in different sizes, such as different widths,or number of tubes, it has been heretofore necessary to provide alarge number of different sizes of brackets to accommodate successfully the large number of difierent sizes of radiator units, and this necessity for carrying a large number of different sizes of brackets has entailed a considerable expense on the part of the contractor as well as the wholesaler and manufacturer. Further, it has been necessaryfor the manufacturer to carry all sizes in stock and to provide for their manufacture, this being expensive from i a manufacturing standpoint and expensive from the standpoint of capital tied up for material on hand. With a view to overcoming the difiiculties enumerated, I have devised bracket, therefore,

the subject matter of the present invention, and in carrying out my invention I have 'pr0- vided, a universal radiator bracket adapted for adjustment on the wall to which it is at tached and adjustment of the radiator holding element thereof, both toward and from the wall, and upward and downward with respect to the floor. 'With my improved I am enabled to support from a wall all sizes of the commercial form of tube radiator, using for such purpose but a single size of bracket. 7

The object of my invention, therefore, is an improved universal radiator bracket.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention, Fig. 1 is a plan view;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation Fig. 3 is a front elevation,,and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my improved bracket showing a radiator section in position thereon. V

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a body or base plate provided adjacent one end with an enlargement or reinforced por-.

slot 17 extending at right angles to the wall or plate 10. \The upper surface of the elongated member 16 is provided witlh a plurality of parallellyiarranged serrations 18 with which may engage the .parallelly arranged teeth 19 formed on the bottom of a member 20, which is threaded to receive a threaded.

member 21. The bottom face of the member 16 is parallel to the upper face thereof andthe threaded member 21 extends downwardly through the slot 17 to any convenient distance below, the bottom surface of the member 16.- Threaded on the lower end of the threaded member 21 is a nut 22,- a washer 23 being provided between the nut 22and the lower surface of the member 16. Secured to' or formed integral with the threaded member 21 and at the upper end thereof is a supporting yoke 24 which fits into a radiator 25 and between the various, sections thereof. By means of the member 20* and nut 22 the relation of theyoke 2 f with respect to the member 16 may be adjusted. Assuming the plate or base 10' with the mechanism above described thereto to be attached to the wall 14 by means of the bolt 13 in the approximately correct position to maintain the radiator 25 at the distance above the floor 15 shown in Fig. 4 and that it is desiredtoadjust the same so as to place the radiator 25 in correct position with regard to both the wall and the floor, if the radiator 25 when placed on the yoke '24: is not'in correct position longitudinally of the wall, the base or plate 10 may be moved longitudinally of the wall on the bolt 13 until thesame is in correct position, after which it may be securely fastened in place. To obtain the correst position of the radiator 25 laterally with respect to the wall 14, the nut 22 is backed off the threaded member 21 and the teeth 19 moved toward or from the wall until the said teeth engage with the serrations 18, after which the nut 22 is tightened so as to hold the threaded member 21 in the correct position relatively to the wall 14. To adjust the position of the radiator 25 with relation to the floor 15, the nut 22 is backed off the threaded member 21 and the member 20 is screwed up or down thereon until the yoke'24 is in the proper vertical position, after which the members 20 and 22 are utilized to again clamp the threaded member 21 in adjusted position. By moving the yoke 24 toward or from the base or plate 10, different widths of radiators 25 may beheld on the yokes 24 and I have found that for all practical commercial widths of tube type radiator, a single size of my bracket is ample to handle them all.

While I havenecessarily shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention somewhat in detail, it is to be understood that I may vary the size, shape and arrangement of parts within wide limits without departing from the spirit of my invention. v 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: I

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a base provided with an elongated slot adjacent to one end, a 'member mounted on said base and extending laterally outward therefrom, said member being rovided with an elongated slot, a plurality of parallelly arranged serrations in one surface of said member, a threaded member passing through said elongated slot, an internally threaded member mounted on said ing member for adjusting the position of the threaded member with respect to the base.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a base provided with an elongated slot adjacent to one end, a member mounted on said base and extending laterally outward therefrom and at right angles thereto, said member being provided with a vertically arranged slot, a plurality of parallelly arranged serrations formed in the upper surface of said member, a threaded member passing through said elongated slot, an internally threaded member mounted on said threaded member and provided with teeth for engaging in the serrations of the first said member, and an internally threaded nut on the threaded member co-operating with the first said internally threaded member and with the laterally extending member for clamping the threaded member in adjusted position on thelaterally extending member and a supporting yoke carried on the threaded member.

In testimony whereof, I have'signed my name to this specification.

v SAUL G. APPEL.

threaded member and provided with teeth for engaging in the serrations of the first said member, and an internally threaded nut on the threaded member cooperating with the first said internally threaded member and with the laterally extending member for clamping the threaded member in adjusted position on the laterally extending member and a supporting yoke carried on the threaded member.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a base provided with an elongated slot permitting adjustment thereof transversely of a supporting member, a laterally extending supporting member formed integral with and extending laterally outward from the base, said member being provided with an elongated slot, and with a plurality of serrations on the upper face thereof, a threaded member, a radiator supporting yoke mounted thereon, and means mounted on the threaded member and co-operating with the serrations on the laterally extending member and with the laterally extend- 

